US20050276011A1 - Buckling mechanism - Google Patents
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- the invention relates in general to a buckling mechanism, and more particularly to a buckling mechanism used to firmly buckle an electronic device such as a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router with a bracket embedded in the ceiling or the wall.
- broadband network is gaining greater and greater popularity in ordinary offices and households.
- the user couples a computer to a broadband access point device or a broadband router via a network line.
- the required network lines would be increased, twisted in a mess, and occupying a large space.
- a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router is provided according to the technology of wireless signal transmission.
- the user When using the wireless broadband access point device, the user has to perform identification on the computer and the wireless broadband access point device to establish the connection in wireless signal communication. Once the connection is established, the user can get access to the Internet or network via the computer and the wireless broadband access point device.
- the wireless broadband access point device can be mounted on or dismounted from a wall or a ceiling to provide wireless network connection to a number of computers from a high position. Apart from saving space, the transmission of wireless signals is also improved.
- the wireless broadband access point device is fastened on the wall or the ceiling via a bracket.
- the bracket and the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is buckled together via a hook and an aperture.
- a spring piece is used to divide the bracket and the wireless broadband access point device apart, so that the hook and the aperture are buckled but not firmly connected together. If the wireless broadband access point device is hit by an unexpected external force, the wireless broadband access point device would compress the spring piece to move towards the bracket so that the hook and the aperture are disconnected and slide away from each other.
- the wireless broadband access point device when the wireless broadband access point device is hit by the user during assembly or jolted during an earthquake, the wireless broadband access point device would be detached from the bracket and fall to the ground. Even worse than that, the wireless broadband access point device may hurt the user or a third party when falling down to the ground.
- a buckling mechanism used to fix an electronic device on a bracket includes a top plate and a side plate.
- the side plate has a side-plate aperture.
- the bracket is disposed on the top plate and has a bracket aperture.
- the buckling mechanism includes a first body portion, an embedding portion, a second body portion and a buckle portion.
- the embedding portion is disposed on one side of the first body portion to be embedded into the side-plate aperture.
- the second body portion is perpendicular and connected to another side of the first body portion.
- the buckle portion is disposed on another side of the second body portion to be buckled with the bracket aperture.
- an electronic device including a side plate, a top plate, a bracket and a buckling mechanism.
- the side plate has a side-plate aperture.
- the top plate is perpendicular and connected to side plate, and has a top-plate aperture.
- the bracket is disposed on the top plate and has a bracket aperture.
- the buckling mechanism includes a first body portion, an embedding portion, a second body portion and a buckle portion.
- the embedding portion is disposed on one side of the first body portion to be embedded into the side-plate aperture disposed on the side plate of the electronic device.
- the second body portion is perpendicular and connected to another side of the first body portion.
- the buckle portion is disposed on another side of the second body portion to be buckled with the bracket aperture.
- FIG. 1A is an exploded diagram of an electronic device, a bracket, and a buckling mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 1B is an inverted diagram of the bracket of FIG. 1A ;
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged 3-D diagram when the electronic device and bracket of FIG. 1A are connected together;
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged 3-D diagram when the electronic device, bracket and buckling mechanism of FIG. 1A are connected together;
- FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional diagram of electronic device, bracket and buckling mechanism using the yz plane of FIG. 3 as the cross-section and viewed along x direction.
- a mounting-type electronic device 130 includes an electronic device 106 , a bracket 112 and a buckling mechanism 100 .
- the user can dispose the mounting-type electronic device 130 on the wall or the ceiling.
- the electronic device 106 at least includes a top plate 109 and a side plate 110 .
- a circuit board, a connection line and an electronic part are disposed inside the electronic device 106 .
- the side plate 110 has a side-plate aperture 108 disposed thereon, while the top plate 109 has several cross-shaped top-plate apertures 107 disposed thereon.
- the electronic device 106 can be a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router for example.
- the bracket 112 at least has a mounting hole and a bracket aperture, such as three mushroom-shaped mounting holes 200 , a square first bracket aperture 113 and a square second bracket aperture 114 .
- the mounting hole 200 is for receiving a fixing piece (not shown in FIG. 1A ) disposed on the wall or the ceiling, so that the bracket 112 is fastened on the wall or the ceiling.
- the bracket surface 115 of the bracket 112 at least has a hook and a spring piece disposed thereon such as three hooks 170 and six spring pieces 116 .
- the three hooks 170 are used to be correspondingly buckled with the three top-plate apertures 107 of the electronic device 106 .
- the three hooks 170 are correspondingly inserted into the three top-plate apertures 107 and the six spring pieces 116 of the bracket 112 contact the top plate 109 .
- the compressed spring pieces 116 provide a spring force to divide the bracket 112 and the electronic device 106 apart so that the hook 170 is firmly connected with the top-plate aperture 107 .
- a buckling mechanism 100 includes a first body portion 103 , a second body portion 119 , an embedding portion 104 , a first buckle portion 101 and a second buckle portion 120 .
- One side of the second body portion 119 is perpendicular and connected to one side of the first body portion 103 , so that the buckling mechanism 100 is approximately an L-shaped structure.
- the embedding portion 104 is disposed on one side of the first body portion 103 and embedded into the side-plate aperture 108 to be deeply indented into the electronic device 106 .
- the buckling mechanism 100 further includes a deflection portion 131 .
- the deflection portion 131 is used to connect the embedding portion 104 with the first body portion 103 , so that the embedding portion 104 is not co-planar with the first body portion 103 for the embedding portion 104 to be deeply indented into the electronic device 106 via the side-plate aperture 108 .
- the first buckle portion 101 and the second buckle portion 120 are symmetrically disposed on another side of the second body portion 119 to be correspondingly buckled with the first bracket aperture 113 and the second bracket aperture 114 , respectively.
- the first buckle portion 101 and the second buckle portion 120 form a V-shaped structure for the deflections of the first buckle portion 101 and the second buckle portion 120 to be correspondingly indented into the first bracket aperture 113 and the second bracket aperture 114 .
- the buckling mechanism 100 further includes a tongue portion 102 .
- the first body portion 103 has a body portion aperture 121 .
- the tongue portion 102 is parallel to the second body portion 119 and extends outwardly from one wall of the body portion aperture 121 to be inserted into the clearance between the bracket 112 and the electronic device 106 , or retains the bracket 112 with the second body portion 119 from above and from underneath the bracket 112 , respectively.
- the first body portion 103 , the second body portion 119 , the embedding portion 104 , the first buckle portion 101 , the second buckle portion 120 and the tongue portion 102 are integrally formed such as a metal spring piece for instance.
- the embedding portion 104 is embedded into the side-plate aperture 108 , the tongue portion 102 and the second body portion 119 respectively retain the bracket 112 from above and from underneath the bracket 112 .
- the first buckle portion 101 and the second buckle portion 120 are correspondingly buckled with the first bracket aperture 113 and the second bracket aperture 114 .
- the buckling mechanism 100 firmly buckles the electronic device 106 with the bracket 112 in the x, y and z directions with enforced protection to prevent the electronic device 106 from being detached from the bracket 112 when the electronic device 106 receives an external force.
- the mounting-type electronic device 130 can be a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router. That is to say, the electronic device 106 is the body of the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router, the bracket 112 enables the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router to be hung on the wall or the ceiling, and the buckling mechanism 110 fastens the electronic device 106 on the bracket 112 firmly when the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is hung on the wall or the ceiling.
- the buckling mechanism disclosed in above embodiment of the invention has a shock-proof design of buckling the electronic device with the bracket to be firmly connected, lest the electronic device might be damaged due to unexpected external forces.
- the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is hit by the user during assembly or jolted during earthquake, the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router would be detached from the bracket and fall to the ground. Even worse than that, the falling wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router may hurt the user or a third party. By doing so, the above accidents can be prevented, and the occurrences of the user or the third party being injured by the falling electronic device can be reduced.
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- This application claims the benefit of Taiwan application Ser. No. 93117223, filed Jun. 15, 2004, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The invention relates in general to a buckling mechanism, and more particularly to a buckling mechanism used to firmly buckle an electronic device such as a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router with a bracket embedded in the ceiling or the wall.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- With the rapid advance in science and technology, computer and Internet have become indispensable everydayness to modern people. Moreover, in order to satisfy the increasing needs of speed transmission and high volume data flow in network transmission, broadband network is gaining greater and greater popularity in ordinary offices and households. Conventionally, the user couples a computer to a broadband access point device or a broadband router via a network line. When the number of computers connected to the broadband access point device or the broadband router is increased, the required network lines would be increased, twisted in a mess, and occupying a large space. In order to resolve the problems that would arise if the network lines are dispensed, a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router is provided according to the technology of wireless signal transmission. When using the wireless broadband access point device, the user has to perform identification on the computer and the wireless broadband access point device to establish the connection in wireless signal communication. Once the connection is established, the user can get access to the Internet or network via the computer and the wireless broadband access point device. Generally speaking, the wireless broadband access point device can be mounted on or dismounted from a wall or a ceiling to provide wireless network connection to a number of computers from a high position. Apart from saving space, the transmission of wireless signals is also improved.
- Besides, the wireless broadband access point device is fastened on the wall or the ceiling via a bracket. The bracket and the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is buckled together via a hook and an aperture. Moreover, a spring piece is used to divide the bracket and the wireless broadband access point device apart, so that the hook and the aperture are buckled but not firmly connected together. If the wireless broadband access point device is hit by an unexpected external force, the wireless broadband access point device would compress the spring piece to move towards the bracket so that the hook and the aperture are disconnected and slide away from each other. For example, when the wireless broadband access point device is hit by the user during assembly or jolted during an earthquake, the wireless broadband access point device would be detached from the bracket and fall to the ground. Even worse than that, the wireless broadband access point device may hurt the user or a third party when falling down to the ground.
- It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a buckling mechanism preventing the electronic device from being detached from the bracket due to an unexpected external force, lest the electronic device might fall onto the ground and damage or cause injury to the user or a third party.
- According to an object of the invention, a buckling mechanism used to fix an electronic device on a bracket is provided. The electronic device includes a top plate and a side plate. The side plate has a side-plate aperture. The bracket is disposed on the top plate and has a bracket aperture. The buckling mechanism includes a first body portion, an embedding portion, a second body portion and a buckle portion. The embedding portion is disposed on one side of the first body portion to be embedded into the side-plate aperture. The second body portion is perpendicular and connected to another side of the first body portion. The buckle portion is disposed on another side of the second body portion to be buckled with the bracket aperture.
- According to another object of the invention, an electronic device including a side plate, a top plate, a bracket and a buckling mechanism is provided. The side plate has a side-plate aperture. The top plate is perpendicular and connected to side plate, and has a top-plate aperture. The bracket is disposed on the top plate and has a bracket aperture. The buckling mechanism includes a first body portion, an embedding portion, a second body portion and a buckle portion. The embedding portion is disposed on one side of the first body portion to be embedded into the side-plate aperture disposed on the side plate of the electronic device. The second body portion is perpendicular and connected to another side of the first body portion. The buckle portion is disposed on another side of the second body portion to be buckled with the bracket aperture.
- Other objects, features, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred but non-limiting embodiments. The following description is made with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1A is an exploded diagram of an electronic device, a bracket, and a buckling mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the invention; -
FIG. 1B is an inverted diagram of the bracket ofFIG. 1A ; -
FIG. 2 is an enlarged 3-D diagram when the electronic device and bracket ofFIG. 1A are connected together; -
FIG. 3 is an enlarged 3-D diagram when the electronic device, bracket and buckling mechanism ofFIG. 1A are connected together; and -
FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional diagram of electronic device, bracket and buckling mechanism using the yz plane ofFIG. 3 as the cross-section and viewed along x direction. - Referring to
FIG. 1A , an exploded diagram of an electronic device, a bracket and a buckling mechanism according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown. InFIG. 1A , a mounting-typeelectronic device 130 includes anelectronic device 106, abracket 112 and abuckling mechanism 100. The user can dispose the mounting-typeelectronic device 130 on the wall or the ceiling. Theelectronic device 106 at least includes atop plate 109 and aside plate 110. A circuit board, a connection line and an electronic part are disposed inside theelectronic device 106. Theside plate 110 has a side-plate aperture 108 disposed thereon, while thetop plate 109 has several cross-shaped top-plate apertures 107 disposed thereon. Besides, theelectronic device 106 can be a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router for example. Thebracket 112 at least has a mounting hole and a bracket aperture, such as three mushroom-shaped mounting holes 200, a squarefirst bracket aperture 113 and a squaresecond bracket aperture 114. The mountinghole 200 is for receiving a fixing piece (not shown inFIG. 1A ) disposed on the wall or the ceiling, so that thebracket 112 is fastened on the wall or the ceiling. As shown inFIG. 1B , thebracket surface 115 of thebracket 112 at least has a hook and a spring piece disposed thereon such as threehooks 170 and sixspring pieces 116. The three hooks 170 are used to be correspondingly buckled with the three top-plate apertures 107 of theelectronic device 106. As shown inFIG. 2 , when thebracket 112 is connected with theelectronic device 106, the threehooks 170 are correspondingly inserted into the three top-plate apertures 107 and the sixspring pieces 116 of thebracket 112 contact thetop plate 109. Meanwhile, thecompressed spring pieces 116 provide a spring force to divide thebracket 112 and theelectronic device 106 apart so that thehook 170 is firmly connected with the top-plate aperture 107. - Refer to both
FIG. 1A andFIG. 2 . A bucklingmechanism 100 includes afirst body portion 103, asecond body portion 119, an embeddingportion 104, afirst buckle portion 101 and asecond buckle portion 120. One side of thesecond body portion 119 is perpendicular and connected to one side of thefirst body portion 103, so that the bucklingmechanism 100 is approximately an L-shaped structure. The embeddingportion 104 is disposed on one side of thefirst body portion 103 and embedded into the side-plate aperture 108 to be deeply indented into theelectronic device 106. Besides, the bucklingmechanism 100 further includes adeflection portion 131. Thedeflection portion 131 is used to connect the embeddingportion 104 with thefirst body portion 103, so that the embeddingportion 104 is not co-planar with thefirst body portion 103 for the embeddingportion 104 to be deeply indented into theelectronic device 106 via the side-plate aperture 108. Thefirst buckle portion 101 and thesecond buckle portion 120 are symmetrically disposed on another side of thesecond body portion 119 to be correspondingly buckled with thefirst bracket aperture 113 and thesecond bracket aperture 114, respectively. Besides, thefirst buckle portion 101 and thesecond buckle portion 120 form a V-shaped structure for the deflections of thefirst buckle portion 101 and thesecond buckle portion 120 to be correspondingly indented into thefirst bracket aperture 113 and thesecond bracket aperture 114. - According to the present embodiment, the buckling
mechanism 100 further includes atongue portion 102. Thefirst body portion 103 has abody portion aperture 121. Thetongue portion 102 is parallel to thesecond body portion 119 and extends outwardly from one wall of thebody portion aperture 121 to be inserted into the clearance between thebracket 112 and theelectronic device 106, or retains thebracket 112 with thesecond body portion 119 from above and from underneath thebracket 112, respectively. Besides, thefirst body portion 103, thesecond body portion 119, the embeddingportion 104, thefirst buckle portion 101, thesecond buckle portion 120 and thetongue portion 102 are integrally formed such as a metal spring piece for instance. - As shown in
FIGS. 3-4 , when theelectronic device 106 is buckled with thebracket 112, the embeddingportion 104 is embedded into the side-plate aperture 108, thetongue portion 102 and thesecond body portion 119 respectively retain thebracket 112 from above and from underneath thebracket 112. Thefirst buckle portion 101 and thesecond buckle portion 120 are correspondingly buckled with thefirst bracket aperture 113 and thesecond bracket aperture 114. By doing so, the bucklingmechanism 100 firmly buckles theelectronic device 106 with thebracket 112 in the x, y and z directions with enforced protection to prevent theelectronic device 106 from being detached from thebracket 112 when theelectronic device 106 receives an external force. - Anyone who understands the technology will realize that the technology of the present embodiment is not limited thereto. For example, the mounting-type
electronic device 130 can be a wireless broadband access point device or a wireless broadband router. That is to say, theelectronic device 106 is the body of the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router, thebracket 112 enables the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router to be hung on the wall or the ceiling, and the bucklingmechanism 110 fastens theelectronic device 106 on thebracket 112 firmly when the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is hung on the wall or the ceiling. - The buckling mechanism disclosed in above embodiment of the invention has a shock-proof design of buckling the electronic device with the bracket to be firmly connected, lest the electronic device might be damaged due to unexpected external forces. For example, when the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router is hit by the user during assembly or jolted during earthquake, the wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router would be detached from the bracket and fall to the ground. Even worse than that, the falling wireless broadband access point device or the wireless broadband router may hurt the user or a third party. By doing so, the above accidents can be prevented, and the occurrences of the user or the third party being injured by the falling electronic device can be reduced.
- While the invention has been described by way of example and in terms of a preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope of the appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar arrangements and procedures.
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